National School Teachers (Ireland) Act, 1879

SCHEDULE. Sects. 4, 6, 11.

Regulations as to Payment of Premiums, &c.

I.—Payment of Premiums.

1. For the purposes of this schedule, the first division of the first class and the second division of the first class shall be regarded as separate classes.

2. There shall be deducted from the quarterly salary payable to every classed teacher appointed after the passing of this Act, one-fourth part of the premium shown in Table A, Column 1, against the age of the teacher at the time of appointment. The premium shall not be due until the quarter is completed.

3. A teacher in the third class at the time of the passing of this Act may secure the same advantages by submitting to a deduction from his or her quarterly salary of the fourth part of the premium shown in Table A, column 1, against the age at which he or she entered the class.

4. A teacher in a class above the third class at the time of the passing of this Act will have the option of submitting to a deduction from his or her salary of the premium for his or her existing class, as shown against the age of entering that class in column 2, 3, or 4, together with the premium or premiums for the lower class or classes shown against the age of entry into such class, and will be entitled to pension accordingly.

5. A teacher in the service at the time of the passing of this Act and declining to submit to such deductions will have only such rights in respect to a retiring gratuity as he would have had on the system in force at the time of the passing of this Act.

6. Teachers entering the service after the passing of this Act, and teachers in the service at the time of the passing of this Act who elect to come in under this scheme, will on promotion be required to submit thereafter to a deduction, in addition to the premium already deducted, of the amount of premium shown in Table A for the class to which promoted, according to the age on promotion.

7. If a teacher is or has been appointed in the first instance to a class above the third, or if on promotion a teacher passes or has passed over a class, he or she shall nevertheless pay in addition to the premium of his or her actual class the premium for each lower class.

8. Teachers in the service at the time of the passing of this Act will not be allowed to take advantage of this Act unless they declare their election to do so within five years after the passing of this Act; any teacher who does not, on or before the thirty-first of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty, declare his election to take advantage of this Act will, if he afterwards elects to do so, be required to pay all premiums which would have been payable by him if he had elected before the said thirty-first of March to take advantage of the Act, together with compound interest on such premiums at the rate of three per cent, per annum.

9. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, every teacher who is at the time of the passing of this Act in a class above the third class, or who, after the passing of this Act, is promoted to or enters a class above the third class, may elect to be treated as a teacher in the third class, or in any class intermediate between the third class and the class in which he is actually serving, and shall thereupon be entitled to the pension, and liable to the premiums fixed by this Schedule for the class the benefits of which he elects to receive.

10. For the purposes of this Act the several classes of teachers above the third class shall be deemed to consist of the following numbers (herein-after called “the standard numbers”); that is to say,

Males.

Females.

First Class—First Division -

150

First Class—First Division -

130

First Class—Second Division

410

First Class—Second Division

350

Second Class - - -

1,850

Second Class - - -

1,550

Should the teachers actually paying premiums in any class above the third class reach at any time the standard number, a teacher thereafter promoted to such higher class shall continue to pay the premiums and be entitled to the pension of the class below until a vacancy occurs in the standard number of the teachers paying the premium of such higher class, when he shall be entitled to claim to pay the increased premium assigned to his then age, and to secure the pension of the higher class. If the total number of male classed teachers paying premiums exceeds five thousand three hundred, or the total number of female classed teachers exceeds five thousand four hundred, the junior teachers in excess of those numbers shall not be entitled to the benefits of this Act until by seniority they come within such numbers, and their so coming within such numbers shall be held for the purposes of this Act to be their appointment to the service, -11. Each teacher shall be required to produce proof of age.

Table A.

Annual Premiums payable by Teachers (until 65 years of age for Males of 60 years of age for Females) to secure a deferred Pension.

Age on Appointment or Promotion.

Males.

Females.

Age on Appointment or Promotion.

Col. 1.

Col. 2.

Col. 3.

Col. 4.

Col. 1.

Col. 2.

Col. 3.

Col. 4.

Pension £35 from 65

Pension £46 fr4m 65.

Pension £60 from 65.

Pension £88 from 65.

Pension £25 from 60.

Pension £34 from 60.

Pension £47 from 60.

Pension £63 from 60.

3rd Class.

2nd Class.

1st. Class 2nd Div

1st Class, 1st. Div.

3rd Class.

2nd Class.

1st Class. 2nd Div.

1st Class, 1st Div.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

£

s.

d.

16

0

9

8

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

7

8

0

11

8

0

4

4

0

6

0

0

7

8

16

17

0

10

0

0

3

4

0

4

0

0

8

0

0

12

4

0

4

4

0

6

4

0

8

0

17

18

0

10

8

0

3

4

0

4

4

0

8

4

0

12

8

0

4

8

0

6

8

0

8

4

18

19

0

11

0

0

3

4

0

4

4

0

8

8

0

13

4

0

5

0

0

7

0

0

8

8

19

20

0

11

4

0

3

8

0

4

8

0

9

4

0

14

0

0

5

0

0

7

4

0

9

0

20

21

0

12

0

0

3

8

0

5

0

0

9

8

0

14

8

0

5

4

0

7

8

0

9

4

21

22

0

12

4

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

10

0

0

15

4

0

5

8

0

8

0

0

10

0

22

23

0

13

0

0

4

4

0

5

4

0

10

8

0

16

4

0

6

0

0

8

4

0

10

4

23

24

0

14

0

0

4

4

0

5

8

0

11

0

0

17

0

0

6

4

0

9

0

0

11

0

24

25

0

14

4

0

4

8

0

5

8

0

11

8

0

18

0

0

6

8

0

9

4

0

11

4

25

26

0

15

4

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

12

4

0

19

0

0

7

0

0

10

0

0

12

0

26

27

0

16

0

0

5

0

0

6

4

0

13

0

1

0

0

0

7

4

0

10

4

0

12

8

27

28

0

16

4

0

5

4

0

6

8

0

13

8

1

1

0

0

7

8

0

11

0

0

13

4

28

29

0

17

8

0

5

8

0

7

0

0

14

4

1

2

0

0

8

0

0

11

8

0

14

0

29

30

0

18

8

0

6

0

0

7

4

0

15

0

1

3

4

0

8

4

0

12

0

0

15

0

30

31

0

19

4

0

6

4

0

8

0

0

15

8

1

4

8

0

9

0

0

12

8

0

15

8

31

32

1

0

8

0

6

8

0

8

4

0

16

8

1

6

4

0

9

8

0

13

8

0

16

8

32

33

1

1

8

0

7

0

0

8

8

0

17

4

1

7

8

0

10

0

0

14

4

0

17

8

33

34

1

3

0

0

7

4

0

9

4

0

18

8

1

9

4

0

10

8

0

15

4

0

18

8

34

35

1

4

4

0

7

8

0

9

8

0

19

8

1

11

4

0

11

4

0

16

4

1

0

0

35

36

1

5

8

0

8

0

0

10

4

1

0

8

1

13

4

0

12

0

0

17

4

1

1

4

36

37

1

7

0

0

8

8

0

11

0

1

2

0

1

15

4

0

12

8

0

18

4

1

2

8

37

38

1

8

8

0

9

0

0

11

8

1

3

4

1

18

0

0

13

8

0

19

8

1

4

4

38

39

1

10

8

0

9

8

0

12

4

1

4

8

2

0

8

0

14

8

1

1

0

1

6

0

39

40

1

12

4

0

10

4

0

13

0

1

6

0

2

3

4

0

15

8

1

2

8

1

7

8

40

41

1

14

8

0

11

0

0

13

8

1

7

8

2

7

0

0

17

0

1

4

8

1

10

0

41

42

1

17

0

0

11

8

0

14

8

1

9

4

2

10

8

0

18

4

1

6

4

1

12

4

42

43

1

19

4

0

12

4

0

15

8

1

11

4

2

14

8

0

19

8

1

8

4

1

15

0

43

44

2

2

4

0

13

4

0

17

0

1

13

8

2

19

4

1

1

4

1

11

0

1

18

0

44

45

2

5

8

0

14

4

0

18

4

1

16

4

3

4

8

1

3

4

1

13

8

2

1

8

45

46

2

9

0

0

15

4

0

19

8

1

19

8

3

11

0

1

5

8

1

17

0

2

5

4

46

47

2

13

0

0

16

8

1

1

4

2

2

4

3

18

4

1

8

4

2

0

8

2

10

4

47

48

2

17

4

0

18

0

1

3

0

2

6

0

4

7

0

1

11

4

2

5

4

2

15

8

48

49

3

2

4

0

19

8

1

5

0

2

10

0

4

17

0

1

15

0

2

10

8

3

2

0

49

50

3

8

0

1

1

4

1

7

4

2

14

8

5

9

4

1

19

4

2

17

0

3

10

0

50

51

3

14

8

1

3

8

1

10

0

3

0

0

6

4

8

2

5

0

3

5

0

4

0

0

51

52

4

2

4

1

6

0

1

13

0

3

6

0

7

3

8

2

11

8

3

14

8

4

12

0

52

53

4

11

4

1

8

8

1

16

8

3

13

4

8

8

4

3

0

8

4

7

8

5

7

8

53

54

5

2

4

1

12

4

2

1

0

4

2

0

10

1

0

3

13

8

5

5

0

6

9

4

54

55

5

15

4

1

16

4

2

6

0

4

12

4

12

8

8

4

10

0

6

9

4

7

19

0

55

56

6

11

4

2

1

4

2

12

8

5

5

0

15

18

4

5

14

8

8

5

8

10

3

8

56

57

7

11

8

2

7

8

3

0

8

6

1

4

21

16

8

7

17

4

11

2

0

13

19

4

57

58

8

17

8

2

16

0

3

11

0

7

2

4

33

11

8

12

2

0

17

9

4

21

10

0

58

59

10

13

8

3

7

0

4

5

4

8

11

0

68

2

8

24

10

8

35

8

8

43

12

0

59

60

13

2

8

4

2

8

5

5

0

10

10

4

61

16

19

8

5

3

8

6

16

0

13

11

8

62

23

5

4

7

6

4

9

6

0

18

12

4

63

36

2

8

11

7

0

14

9

0

28

18

0

64

74

19

8

23

11

4

30

0

0

60

0

0

II.Pensions

12. A male teacher retiring at 65 years of age or upwards, or a female teacher retiring at 60 years of age or upwards, shall be entitled to pension at the following rates; provided he or she shall have paid the premium of the class. If not, the pension shall be that of the highest class for which the premium shall have been paid.

Class from which Retiring.

Males.

Females.

£

£

First Class, First Division -

88

63

First Class, Second Division -

60

47

Second Class - - - -

46

34

Third Class - - - -

35

25

13. Service after the age of 65 for males or 60 for females, even if specially permitted, shall not confer any right to an increase of pension.

Pensions on Voluntary Retirement.

14. A male teacher aged 55 or upwards, or a female teacher aged 50 or upwards, may retire on the following rates of pension, viz.:

Males.

Age on

First Class,

First Class

Second Class

Third Class.

Retirement.

First Division.

Second Division.

£

£

£

£

64

79

54

42

32

63

71

49

38

29

62

64

44

34

26

61

59

41

32

24

60

53

37

29

22

59

48

34

27

21

58

44

31

24

19

57

40

29

23

18

56

37

26

21

17

55

34

24

19

15

Females.

Age on Retirement.

First Class, First Division.

First Class, Second Division.

Second Class.

Third Class.

£

£

£

£

59

58

43

31

23

58

53

40

29

22

57

49

37

27

20

56

45

34

25

19

55

42

32

23

17

54

39

30

22

16

53

36

28

20

15

52

33

26

19

14

51

30

24

17

13

50

28

22

16

12

Payment of Pensions.

15. Pensions will be paid quarterly in arrear, on proof being furnished of existence and identity.

Gratuities in Case of Disability.

16. If the Commissioners of Education certify to the Lord Lieutenant that they are satisfied that a male teacher under the age of fifty-five or a female teacher under the age of fifty, who, in case he or she continued in the service until the age for compulsory retirement would be entitled to a retiring allowance under this Act, has become incapable from permanent infirmity of mind or body to discharge the duties of his or her situation, the Lord Lieutenant, with the consent of the Treasury, may grant to such teacher a gratuity, or, if the teacher prefers it, a pension on retirement according to the following scale, and having regard to the highest class for which such teacher shall have paid the premium.

Age on Retirement.

First Class, First Division.

First Class, Second Division.

Second Class.

Third Class.

Age on Retirement.

First Class, First Division.

First Class, Second Division.

Second Class.

Third Class.

Gratuity.

Pension.

Gratuity.

Pension.

Gratuity.

Pension.

Gratuity.

Pension.

Gratuity.

Pension.

Gratuity.

Pension.

Gratuity.

Pension.

Gratuity.

Pension.

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

54

282

31

206

23

165

18

132

14

41

115

8

110

8

102

7

94

6

53

270

25

199

21

160

17

129

13

40

102

7

102

7

96

6

91

6

52

257

26

191

19

156

16

127

13

39

100

7

100

7

95

6

91

6

51

245

23

186

18

151

15

124

12

38

98

6

98

6

94

6

91

6

50

233

21

179

16

146

14

121

11

37

95

6

95

6

93

5

92

5

49

220

19

172

15

142

13

118

10

36

93

5

92

5

92

5

91

5

48

207

18

165

14

137

12

116

10

35

91

5

91

5

91

5

91

5

47

195

16

158

13

133

11

113

9

34

83

5

83

5

83

5

83

5

46

182

15

151

12

128

10

111

9

33

75

4

75

4

75

4

75

4

45

169

13

144

11

124

9

108

8

32

68

4

68

4

68

4

68

4

44

156

12

136

10

118

8

105

8

31

60

3

60

3

60

3

60

3

43

142

11

127

9

113

8

101

7

30

52

3

52

3

52

3

52

3

42

129

9

119

9

107

7

98

7

III.—Repayment of Premiums.

17. If a teacher is dismissed or quits the service otherwise than by death or retirement on a pension, or retirement on receipt of a gratuity in lieu of pension, he shall forfeit all claim to pension or gratuity, but the amount deducted from salary from time to time for premiums shall be returned to him, either at the time of withdrawal from the service, or at any time thereafter, on proof of identity.

18. In the event of a teacher, who is dismissed or quits the service, re-entering for further service, he or she shall again pay any sum which may have been repaid, and also any premiums for the quarter years during which he or she may have been out of the service. These sums while unpaid shall bear compound interest at the rate of three per cent, per annum. They may be paid at once on re-entering the service, or the payments may be spread by deductions from salary over one or two years, as the Commissioners shall determine.

19. A teacher degraded from a higher class shall receive back any premiums paid as a consequence of service in such higher class, and shall only have a claim to the pension of the class for which he shall afterwards pay the premiums.